PSYCH 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Ingroups And Outgroups, Sociobiology, Overjustification Effect
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Kitty genovese-women came home late at night and was brutally attacked. When investigating the murder, they discovered that in the apartments surrounding the park where the murder took place there were many people and they witnessed the attack. No one called the police until long after it took place. People assumed that another witness would have called the police. Known as the bystander effect-we are less likely to help if others are also present. Smoke-filled room study-people in a room filling out a survey, smoke starts to enter the room. If you are alone, you will are much more likely to report the smoke. If you are with 2 other subjects, the rates went down of reporting. If you are with 2 other people who are calm confederates, you are even less likely to report the smoke. In order to help, you must realize something is happening. Often people are distracted and don"t even notice.
